Name: Aida
Start: 2003-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2003-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Daniela Dessì

Aida

Michèle Crider

Mezzo-soprano

Elisabetta Fiorillo

Amneris

Carolyn Sebron

Tenor

Fabio Armiliato

Radames

Franco Farina

Baritone

Juan Pons

Amonasro

Carlos Almaguer

Josep Fadó

A messenger

Conductor

Miguel A. Gomez-Martinez

Stage director

José Antonio Gutiérrez

Set designer

Josep Mestres Cabanes

Costume designer

Franca Squarciapino

Choreographer

Ramón Oller

Bass

Roberto Scandiuzzi

Ramfis

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona

Spain

Sala Miralls

A Verdian masterpiece: Aida, in the famous settings created for the Barcelona Opera House in 1945!

Filmed at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Daniela Dessì, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Fabio Armiliato, Juan Pons and Roberto Scandiuzzi lead the cast in the renowned period production filmed in 2003 against the historic paper trompe-l'œil sets painted between 1936-45 by Josep Mestres Cabanes, the last representative of the old Catalan school of scenography. Mestres Cabanes worked on his Aida vision for eight years. The opulent staging he created in 1945 is here in every detail. The seven magnificent sets he painted for Aida in 1945 have been subtly and painstakingly restored by Jordi Castells and his team – revealing the palaces, temples and surroundings of Memphis and Thebes which the set designer had wanted to evoke in his historical yet also fantasy-like vision.

These fascinating sets are not just realistic – but also magical in the theatrical sense. Mestres Cabanes loved the theatre which he had been exploring for over a quarter of a century. His sets are dramatic and visceral, conceived for stage action, conveying the dynamic tensions proper to each part of the work – intimate, epic, severe, sensual, troubled and tragic.

Aida is set in Egypt in the days of the great pharaohs. The Egyptians are at war with the Ethiopians, who are threatening to invade them. The Egyptian army is victorious and Amonasro, the king of Ethiopia, is captured. Against this background Radames, the Egyptian commander, and Aida, an Ethiopian slave who is also Amonasro's daughter, fall in love. As is ever the case in Romantic drama, their love triumphs over the hatred between their peoples and their contrasting social status.

The commission for Aida came from the khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, one of the most outstanding leaders in that country's modern history. The premiere took place at the Cairo opera house, which had been inaugurated two years earlier. Thus Aida pursues a characteristically 19th century objective: that of creating a spectacle performance, akin to French grand opéra, in which scenes of pomp and splendour deploying a large orchestra and chorus reproduce the magnificence of Ancient Egypt. But Aida is much more than this, for it is a lyrical, intimistic opera as well.

Aida Verdi

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Giuseppe Verdi
Aïda
Act I 
Ritorna vincitor

Daniela Dessì (Aida) 
Orquestra Simfónica y cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu 
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez music director 

José Antonio Gutiérrez stage director 

Recorded at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain in 2003 

© Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu / Opus Arte 

Available on www.medici.tv #1 in classical music

Aida by Verdi, hAo 18 Iúil 2003, Ó (2003/2003), Faoi stiúir José Antonio Gutiérrez,, Seoltóir Miguel A. Gomez-Martinez, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain

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